Against Empire: Ekklesial Resistance and the Politics of Radical Democracy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781532657870)

Against Empire analyzes the relationship between Christian theology and radical democracy by exploring how black prophetic thought, feminist theology, Latin American liberation theology, and peaceable theology offer plural forms of ekklesial resistance to empire: the black church (Cornel West), the ekklesia of wo/men (Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza), the church of the poor (Ignacio Ellacuria, Jon Sobrino), and the peaceable church (Stanley Hauerwas). These approaches to Christian political engagement differ in their specific focus but share common resistance to neoliberalism, nationalism, and militarism as networks of power that intersect with racism, sexism, and neo-colonialism to form what they refer to as empire. In diverse ways, West, Schussler Fiorenza, Ellacuria and Sobrino, and Hauerwas reimagine Christian witness as a form of radical democratic resistance to empire in the face of political formations that not only block the expansion of democracy (neoliberal-neoconservative hegemony) but also attempt to retrench its achievements (authoritarian populism).

Author: Matthew T. Eggemeier
ISBN-10: 1532657870
ISBN-13: 9781532657870
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2020
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d